Charlie McBrearty and Vanessa McLean of Shortlist, West Hollywood, Calif., are handling West Coast representation for Amber Music, which has offices in London, New York and Los Angeles….Samanta Balassa has come on board as a rep at R2, the New York-based firm headed by Richard Fink and Robin Fried….Global Production Network, Los Angeles, has signed Miracle Films of Greece, Acasa Esana of Belgium and Gulliver Films of the Ukraine for exclusive U.S. representation, thus continuing its expansion to offer production service resources to producers looking to shoot in Europe….DP Manuel Alberto Claro is now exclusively repped for commercials, music videos and features through Lyons Sheldon Prosnit, Los Angeles….DP John Toll has wrapped principal photography on the Cameron Crowe-directed Elizabethtown with Orlando Bloom and Kirsten Dunst. Toll is now available for commercials through The Judy Marks Agency, Los Angeles….DP Dan Stoloff has completed principal photography on Nick Guthe’s Mini’s First Time and is again available for spots through The Skouras Agency, Santa Monica….
SUPERLATIVE Signs Director Claudia Abend For Spots and Branded Content
Latin American director/editor and documentary filmmaker Claudia Abend has joined SUPERLATIVE for her first U.S. representation spanning commercials and branded content.
Abend's empathetic docu-style POV has garnered several international awards for the documentary films Hit (2008) and The Flower of Life (2018). Her spotmaking credits include such brands as Procter & Gamble, Nestle and Blue Cross/Blue Shield. SUPERLATIVE has already worked with Abend, together producing a new ad campaign for digital agency Tinuiti and The Honest Company, a consumer goods corporation featuring eco-minded products.
“We found Claudia through her poignant documentaries on the festival circuit,” said SUPERLATIVE creative manager Stefan Dezil. “We are excited about her textured narratives, emotional storytelling, and her powerhouse long-form storytelling abilities, currently on her third feature film. As SUPERLATIVE continues to build our brand after premiering our latest films at Sundance and SXSW, Claudia is the kind of multidimensional artist we are excited to partner with on branded content and beyond. Fluent in English and Spanish, her reel shows real prowess with infants, food and skin products, families both young and old. Great visual storytelling and inspirational doc work.”
Abend began her career in her native Uruguay, studying film and editing in college. “My dad would show me films like Citizen Kane,” she said. “I love cinema and became an editor. It was here that I learned all about communicating human emotion.”
From the get-go, Abend hit it big as a documentary director, teaming with Adrianna Loeff on Hit, a movie chronicling pop artists of Uruguayan music. Abend took home a Best Editing... Read More